Even though Spencer Dinwiddie made an errant pass on Brooklyn’s final possession of Saturday’s game, the Miami Heat defended the Nets well and forced the point guard into a tough situation.
Still, as much as Dinwiddie had the right idea, his execution was poor. So he had no problem taking full responsibility for where he went wrong.
And as much as the Nets looked better on Saturday than they did on Friday against the Atlanta Hawks, Dinwiddie also wasn’t hesitant to express Brooklyn should not have been in the position they were on Saturday, trailing by as much as 14 at one point.
“We dug ourselves a pretty deep hole. And there was a stretch in the third where we were getting a bunch of stops and didn’t capitalize on it,” Dinwiddie told reporters in Miami, per Brian Lewis of the New York Post. “We can talk about resiliency and fighting and all those things, and yes that’s cool and it’s good and all, but you know, we shouldn’t be in those holes.
“We can’t get ourselves in holes, and we shouldn’t be in game-winning situations every single game.”
The Nets face a team that will look to put them in a hole early in their next game, too. They take a trip to Boston on Tuesday.